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Meaning of devil's own | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Particularly devilish; highly unpleasant or evil.
    not-comparable
  2. Intense.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Polski piekielny

Examples

“The reason⟳ why our distressed young teacher found it the devil's own⟳ job to get⟳ the students to write⟳ was probably basically that they were not led to believe⟳ that written work⟳ was expected of them.”
“'The Capt'n's been ridin' the devil's own⟳ pace,' said Dalton the coachman.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

devilish devilled devilless devillike devillish devilsome

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